Hokusai

American  

[hoh-kuh-sahy, hoh-kuh-sahy, haw-koo-sahy] / ˈhoʊ kəˌsaɪ, ˌhoʊ kəˈsaɪ, ˈhɔ kʊˈsaɪ /

noun

1. Katsushika 1760–1849, Japanese painter and illustrator.

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Hokusai British  

/ ˈhəʊkʊˌsaɪ, ˌhəʊkʊˈsaɪ /

noun

1. Katsushika (ˌkætsuːˈʃiːkə). 1760–1849, Japanese artist, noted for the draughtsmanship of his colour wood-block prints, which influenced the impressionists

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Example Sentences

Nearly 80 exhibitors feature works from emerging talent as well as big-name artists such as Picasso, Degas, Goya, Bourgeois and Hokusai.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

A refined 1840 Hokusai portrait of a young samurai, painted for a male patron, bears a poem praising the boy’s loveliness with a metaphor about dew-soaked branches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Additional pieces contain Murakami’s reimaginings of gilded floral motifs by Katsushika Hokusai, Ogata Korin and Ogata Kenzan; as well as the beautiful women rendered by Kikukawa Eizan.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Hanging right alongside is a lavish print series by Hokusai made 20 years later.

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2023

You think of Hokusai, the old man mad with paint, when the name of Degas is mentioned.

From Promenades of an Impressionist by Huneker, James